Abstract: Objective To analyze the validity of clinical memory scale in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods 60 PD patientswere assessed by clinical memory scale and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Results The scores of clinical memory scalesignificantly correlated with the scores of MMSE (r=0.608, P<0.001). The scores of clinical memory scale were higher in no-memory impairmentgroup than in memory impairment group (P<0.05). Conclusion Clinical memory scale is good at evaluating the memory impairmentof PD patients with good criteria validity and discriminating validity.

Key words: Parkinson' disease, clinical memory scale, criteria validity, discriminating validity